Keller Basketball

I am currently a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon, better known around campus as TKE. One of my favorite sports is basketball, I love watching basketball and playing pickup basketball more than anything. It is kind of my way to continue to play sports at a competitive level and it helps me stay in shape. For me, I can play pickup basketball for hours on hours. I hate running so really this is a fun way for me to get cardio in. One of the reasons I joined a fraternity like TKE was their participation in Keller which is basically an intermural league where fraternities compete between each other. Stats are recorded, wins, losses and in the end Keller hosts a league tournament for the championship. It is a fun way to stay in shape, stay competitive, and have fun. For me baseball was my sport in high school, I had D1/D2 offers, but basically had an elbow injury that ended my career. After that occurred I lost my want to stay athletic and in shape, but fortunately pickup basketball has changed that for me. This past Monday we had a game against another fraternity, so I wanted to walk you through how the game went.

 TKE Keller Football Championship

9:32 Pm: My fraternity team and I showed up early to shoot around and stretch out. Getting a good stretch is key for me because of the two discs I have problems with in my lower back. We showed up with nine players, basically the perfect amount to get enough playing time, but still stay fresh.

10:12 Pm: We lined up with the refs, they gave us a brief break down on the rules and how they were going to call a lot of fouls to keep the game in order which is reasonable in Keller. You are much better calling more fouls, then less. We lost the tip and game was off.

10:24 Pm: TKE 15-SAE 4 I checked into the game for the first time. I sometimes start and sometimes come off the bench. It just worked out where we had more big men, then guard so I decided to let the other guys start. I am not much of a shooter, I play more in the post, and use my weight to scoop offensive/defensive rebounds as much as possible. The game was going extremely well, we really kept it out of reach about the entire time.

10:35 Pm: TKE 30- SAE 8 We really began to pull away at this point and I came out of the game at half time. We were really out playing them on just about every on the court. We were out boarding them and are defensive was the best I have ever seen it. Luckily we do play pickup together often, so we really do have some chemistry out there on the basketball court. We were honestly thinking about making up some basic plays to run out there on offense. One of our plays Brian Conforth I combine to use screens/pick and roll to pick up some easy points. He is a good passer and finisher and I am a big guy so I set good screens.

10:50 Pm: TKE 46- SAE 13 The game ended in a mercy late in the second half. We were all really happy with how we played and think we can carry this momentum onto the rest of the season. We won Keller football league this year and really want to show our dominance by winning basketball after. I finished the game with six points and seven rebounds. Overall a solid game for me, and what I do on court as a hustle player.